Outreach Programs

Can’t bring your students to The Magic House? Let The Magic House come to you! More than 25,000 students every year participate in Magic House programs in their own schools, libraries, camps and child-care facilities.

Rates are determined by the program selection and number of sessions presented.

Up to three sessions of the same program can be presented on the same day.

Fees are based on schools within a 25-mile radius of The Magic House. For schools beyond that distance, please add $1.50 per mile.

Preschool Programs

Preschool interactive presentations, delivered by a Magic House Museum educator, are designed for classroom settings.

Thanks to generous grants from Mastercard and Jody Trombley Young, a limited number of qualifying school groups will participate in STEM-related programs free of charge.

Backyard Bugs

Crawl, hop, march! In this basic introduction to insects and arachnids, students use their budding math and science skills to observe, sort, classify and compare these creepy crawly creatures. Students will be exposed to new vocabulary as they examine these larger-than-life bugs and learn the characteristics of our six- and eight-legged friends.

Put on your raincoat, push up your umbrella and wade through a storm of wet and wild experiments! Find out how liquid can defy gravity, experience shower power, learn how paper can stay dry under water and discover how air and water interact.

Fees are based on schools within a 25-mile radius of The Magic House. For schools beyond that distance, please add $1.50 per mile.

Elementary Learning Lab Programs

Transform an ordinary school environment into an extraordinary science learning lab! These programs require 10 adult volunteers and space to accommodate 10 table-based learning stations. Schools may schedule up to three sessions per day. The same program must be presented at each session.

Newton’s laws come to life with this hands-on approach to learning the basics of force and motion. Experience the effects of friction and gravity on objects in motion. Explore contact and non-contact forces and the basics of inertia while discovering how potential and kinetic energy affect a marble’s average velocity.

The fundamentals of electricity and magnetism come to light in this program. Students create a working flashlight from a soda can, construct an electromagnet and become enlightened about electrical circuits.

Fees are based on schools within a 25-mile radius of The Magic House. For schools beyond that distance, please add $1.50 per mile.

Elementary Interactive Science Presentations

Delivered by a Magic House Museum educator, interactive presentations are designed for classroom or assembly settings depending on the size of the audience. Up to three sessions of the same program can be presented on the same day.

Learn all about the author who has enchanted generations of children, join in a rhyming game and create a silly Seuss-like story. This interactive literacy-based program is designed to help children read, rhyme and recognize simple words.

Binary code is as easy as 01, 10, 11! Unlock the mystery of binary code and explore how computers send and receive information using just 1s and 0s. Students will also learn the (not-so-secret) code to transform letters of the alphabet into binary numbers as they each make a binary code bracelet.

Experience science wonders both big and small with these amazing science activities. Discover the effects of air pressure on eggs, expand perimeter and step through an index card and have a ball with kinetic energy. Be amazed by a miniature hot air balloon, gravity defying water and shrinking chip bags while exploring everyday items!

Students will be amazed as they learn about gravity, flabbergasted as they learn about force and motion, and mystified as they watch objects roll uphill in this program that develops scientific inquiry skills.

See the amazing power of air, celebrate your center of gravity and observe the shocking effects of electricity. This demonstration utilizes flying paper, chirping chicks and sinking soap to illustrate everyday physics.

Fees are based on schools within a 25-mile radius of The Magic House. For schools beyond that distance, please add $1.50 per mile.

Elementary Interactive Math Presentations

Measuring with Clifford (Kindergarten)

Clifford went on vacation and left some of his belongings behind. Students explore measurement and use non-standard units of measure to figure length, circumference and capacity as they pack a box to send to Clifford.